Things to do in Czorsztyn
Czorsztyn is a village on Lake Czorsztyn, where the Pieniny and Gorce mountains meet. Above the water rise the ruins of a 14th-century Gothic castle, with Niedzica Castle visible across the reservoir. Today's Czorsztyn grew out of the former summer resort of Nadzamcze, as the old village below the castle disappeared when the reservoir was built. In summer pleasure boats sail from here, and it is close to Sromowce, the Dunajec rafting trip and Pieniny National Park. Nearby runs the Wooden Architecture Route with churches in Dębno and Frydman. Czorsztyn suits families, hikers and anyone who wants views combined with history.
Map of attractions in Czorsztyn
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All attractions (5)
Hidden gemLakes
Lake Czorsztyn
Czorsztyn
On one shore stand the ruins of Czorsztyn Castle, on the other Dunajec Castle in Niedzica, and between them lies water that as recently as the 1990s was a valley of villages and fields. Lake Czorsztyn is a reservoir on the Dunajec River, s…
Churches & monasteries
Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Czorsztyn
Czorsztyn
From the outside it is a modest 1980s church with a steep roof and a small bell turret. Inside, though, it keeps mementoes of a world that vanished under water: furnishings from the church of Stare Maniowy, flooded when Lake Czorsztyn was…
15–30 min
Landmarks
Osada Czorsztyn (Czorsztyn Settlement)
Czorsztyn
When water began to fill the Dunajec valley in the 1990s, the old village of Maniowy, part of Kluszkowce and the summer-resort quarter of old Czorsztyn vanished beneath Lake Czorsztyn. Some of their buildings survived – taken apart beam by…
45–90 min
Landmarks
Wooden Architecture Route in Lesser Poland (Małopolska)
Czorsztyn
More than 1,500 km of routes and over 250 wooden monuments – Catholic and Orthodox churches, bell towers, manor houses, villas and open-air museums – make up the Wooden Architecture Route in the Małopolska region. Eight of them are UNESCO…
Castles
Czorsztyn Castle
Czorsztyn
Czorsztyn Castle (say "chor-shtin") is a romantic medieval ruin perched on Castle Hill, about 50 meters above Czorsztyn Lake in Poland's Pieniny Mountains. For centuries this royal Polish fortress watched the Hungarian border and the Dunaj…